I realized that almost all of these app can be installed easily via Brew. So first step would be to install Brew as instructed on their website.
Then simply run:
brew install iterm2 bettertouchtool bpython brave-browser vscodium vlc google-drive alt-tab git spotify monitorcontrol dozerRemember to add the license.
When I'm using a regular keyboard, my brain goes into Linux/Windows mode and I accidentally press "alt-d" to get to the address bar in the browsers. But "alt-d" represents ⌘-d which means "Add to Bookmark".
Copy and paste this into BTT to disable the "Add to Bookmark" shortcut. I never use it anyway.
[
{
"BTTTriggerType" : 0,
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : -1,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "No Action",
"BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "1048584",
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 1711,
"BTTRepeatDelay" : 0,
"BTTUUID" : "823F662B-83AD-47FE-A742-F3895156F351",
"BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1,
"BTTNotesInsteadOfDescription" : 0,
"BTTLayoutIndependentChar" : "d",
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTModifierMode" : 0,
"BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 2,
"BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 1048576,
"BTTOrder" : 0,
"BTTDisplayOrder" : 0,
"BTTAutoAdaptToKeyboardLayout" : 0
}
]
This makes home and end behave like on Linux/Windows.
[
{
"BTTTriggerType" : 0,
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : -1,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "No Action",
"BTTLayoutIndependentActionChar" : "LEFT",
"BTTAutoAdaptActionToKeyboardLayout" : true,
"BTTShortcutToSend" : "55,123",
"BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "8388608",
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 1711,
"BTTRepeatDelay" : 0,
"BTTUUID" : "96B1DFBA-8E84-4545-95B9-4553B4C427F0",
"BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1,
"BTTNotesInsteadOfDescription" : 0,
"BTTLayoutIndependentChar" : "HOME",
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTModifierMode" : 0,
"BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 115,
"BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 8388608,
"BTTOrder" : 3,
"BTTDisplayOrder" : 0,
"BTTAutoAdaptToKeyboardLayout" : 0
},
{
"BTTTriggerType" : 0,
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : -1,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "No Action",
"BTTLayoutIndependentActionChar" : "RIGHT",
"BTTAutoAdaptActionToKeyboardLayout" : true,
"BTTShortcutToSend" : "55,124",
"BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "8388608",
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 1711,
"BTTRepeatDelay" : 0,
"BTTUUID" : "65ED86DC-87E1-4425-AE1A-04D0DBDD5D37",
"BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1,
"BTTNotesInsteadOfDescription" : 0,
"BTTLayoutIndependentChar" : "END",
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTModifierMode" : 0,
"BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 119,
"BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 8388608,
"BTTOrder" : 4,
"BTTDisplayOrder" : 0,
"BTTAutoAdaptToKeyboardLayout" : 0
}
]
The behaviour of ⇧+Home and ⇧+End on macOS is not the same as it is on Linux & Windows.
We need to remap it to ⇧+⌘+← and ⇧+⌘+→ respectively.
[
{
"BTTTriggerType" : 0,
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : -1,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "No Action",
"BTTLayoutIndependentActionChar" : "LEFT",
"BTTAutoAdaptActionToKeyboardLayout" : true,
"BTTShortcutToSend" : "56,55,123",
"BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "8519682",
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 1711,
"BTTRepeatDelay" : 0,
"BTTUUID" : "0A7FC6A6-007C-41DD-9FCF-39E71908156F",
"BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1,
"BTTNotesInsteadOfDescription" : 0,
"BTTLayoutIndependentChar" : "HOME",
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTModifierMode" : 0,
"BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 115,
"BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 8519680,
"BTTOrder" : 0,
"BTTDisplayOrder" : 0,
"BTTAutoAdaptToKeyboardLayout" : 0
}
]
[
{
"BTTTriggerType" : 0,
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeKeyboardShortcut",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : -1,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "No Action",
"BTTLayoutIndependentActionChar" : "RIGHT",
"BTTAutoAdaptActionToKeyboardLayout" : true,
"BTTShortcutToSend" : "56,55,124",
"BTTAdditionalConfiguration" : "8519682",
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTKeyboardShortcutKeyboardType" : 1711,
"BTTRepeatDelay" : 0,
"BTTUUID" : "6344C27D-40CD-47B2-8113-111ABF0C1A56",
"BTTTriggerOnDown" : 1,
"BTTNotesInsteadOfDescription" : 0,
"BTTLayoutIndependentChar" : "END",
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTModifierMode" : 0,
"BTTShortcutKeyCode" : 119,
"BTTShortcutModifierKeys" : 8519680,
"BTTOrder" : 1,
"BTTDisplayOrder" : 0,
"BTTAutoAdaptToKeyboardLayout" : 0
}
]
For opening links in new tabs or closing a tab.
[
{
"BTTTriggerType" : 20,
"BTTTriggerTypeDescription" : "2 Finger Click",
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeMagicMouse",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : 1,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Middle Click",
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTAlternateModifierKeys" : 0,
"BTTRepeatDelay" : 0,
"BTTUUID" : "051E6F7E-762D-4818-86C7-D138BD2E5C36",
"BTTNotesInsteadOfDescription" : 0,
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTModifierMode" : 0,
"BTTOrder" : 0,
"BTTDisplayOrder" : 0
}
]
In the terminal, you can enter ^a and ^e for beginning and end of line respectively.
So in iTerm, we need to remap the previous BTT remaps to send these commands.
So remap ⌘+← to send hex code 0x01 and ⌘+→to senx hex code0x05`.
Source: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/389525/how-do-i-do-home-and-end-in-iterm2
For Bar None to work properly, you need to tweak the TouchBar settings. After this, pressing the Fn key will show and enable the control strip.
Modify the keybinding to ⌘+⇥.
A short description of the apps installed with the command above.
Very powerful tool which can do a lot of things. I mostly use it for window tiling and custom keybindings.
Makes ⌘-↹ behave as is I expect it to. Similar to Windows and Linux.
Disables the media keys inside web browser.
While browsing and listening to music, I would sometimes want to watch a video and thus need to pause the music. Instead of pausing the music, the media keys would pause the running video which is annoying.
Makes it possible to adjust brightness on external monitors (assuming that they support the DCC protocol)
Hides menubar icons. Perfect for hiding menu bar applications like MonitorControl and Reflex that you rarely need to interact with.
Sometimes you just don't want your Mac to sleep. This app prevents that.
One example is for for the so called 'clamshell mode' which is essentially in 'docked mode'. I.e. you use an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard. This is normally only possible with the power cord connected, but by forcing the laptop to stay awake with Amphetamine, it can also be used while on battery.
Disables the TouchBar unless you press the Fn key.
The keyboard settings must be modified to work as intended.
Broken: This doesn't seem to work anymore. Makes it possible to manually override the speed of the fans.